Jackson Memorial: Who Was There

Los Angeles - Among those invited to public memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles:

• Larry King
• Dionne Warwick
• LeVar Burton
• Mariah Carey
• Spike Lee
• Wesley Snipes
• Lou Ferrigno
• Stevie Wonder
• Usher
• Lionel Richie
• Brooke Shields
• Kobe Bryant
• Berry Gordy
• Jennifer Hudson
• Magic Johnson
• John Mayer
• Chris Brown
• The Rev. Jesse Jackson
• The Rev. Al Sharpton
• Smokey Robinson
• Queen Latifah
• Martin Luther King III
• Bernice A. King
• Shaheen Jafargholi (finalist on "Britain's Got Talent")
• Pastor Lucious Smith (family friend)
• Ron Boyd (family friend)
• Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
• Mickey Rooney and wife, Jan Chamberlin
• Mario Lopez
• Corey Feldman
• Earth, Wind & Fire
• U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
• Louis Farrakhan
• Kenny Ortega

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Actress and longtime Michael Jackson friend Elizabeth Taylor is not on that list.

According to posts on her Twitter page,  Liz Taylor says she will not attend Tuesday's memorial ceremony.

Taylor says she was asked to speak, but she " cannot be part of the public whoopla," and also that " I cannot guarantee that I would be coherent to say a word."